Just months before the mass killings of the Holocaust began, some 2,100 Jewish refugees fled war-torn Europe. With the help of Jan Zwartendijk, a Dutch businessman, and Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat, the refugees escaped and ultimately found safety in an unlikely destination.

This online exhibition was supported by a generous gift made in memory of Trudel Weil and Adolf and Julia Weil. The Museum exhibition on which it is based was underwritten in part by grants from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc., NYK Line (North America), Inc., Anna Lincoln, Rochelle Zell, and Julie and Roger Bases, with additional support from the Lester Robbins and Sheila Johnson Robbins Traveling and Special Exhibition Fund, established in 1990.